Table 1.
Clinical characteristic of tinnitus patients.
| Subjects | Sex | Age | Etiology | Side tinnitus | Pitch | Duration (years) | Audiogram | Movements modulation | Tinnitus severity (16) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | F | 21 | Idiopathic | L | High | 3 | Normal | Effort | 7 |
| T2 | M | 29 | Stress | L | High | 1 | Normal | Jaw | ND |
| T3 | M | 40 | Stress | L | High | 1 | Normal | Head jaw | 10 |
| T4 | M | 43 | Idiopathic | L | High | 1 | Normal | Jaw | 14 |
| T5 | M | 43 | Serous otitis media (right), stress | L > R | High WN | 10 | High fHz | Head | 5 |
| T6 | F | 46 | Left otosclerosis surgery, stress | L | High WN | 5 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw, muscular pressure | 12 |
| T7 | M | 47 | Stress | L | High | 2 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw, muscular pressure, effort | 14 |
| T8 | M | 51 | Bilateral noise induced HL | R > L | High | 4 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw, muscular pressure | 11 |
| T9 | M | 54 | Right acoustic neuroma | R > L | High WN | 13 | Right cophosis | Head eye | 8 |
| T10 | F | 57 | Left head trauma, TMJ luxation | L | High | 30 | Normal | Jaw | 11 |
| T11 | F | 57 | Meningitis, stress | L = R | WN | 5 | Normal | Head | 8 |
| T12 | F | 58 | Stress | R > L | High WN | 1 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw, head, muscular pressure | 12 |
| T13 | M | 59 | Bilateral congenital SNHL | R > L | WN | 20 | Middle fHz | Head | 8 |
| T14 | F | 60 | Abd surgery, stress | L = R | High | 4 | High fHz SNHL | Head, muscular pressure | 7 |
| T15 | M | 61 | Orthopedic surgery; stress | L | WN | 2 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw, muscular pressure | 13 |
| T16 | F | 62 | Cervicalgia | L | High | 3 | High fHz | Head jaw | 15 |
| T17 | F | 58 | Stress, Diplopia | L > R | High | 8 | High fHz SNHL | Eye | 10 |
| T18 | F | 36 | Left acoustic neuroma | L | High WN | 6 | Left cophosis | Eye | 7 |
| T19 | M | 42 | Idiopathic | R | High | 2 | Normal | Jaw | 12 |
| T20 | F | 42 | Stress | L | WN | 2 | Middle fHz | Jaw, head | 11 |
| T21 | M | 43 | Right otitis media, stress | R | High | 1 | Normal | Muscular pressure | 14 |
| T22 | F | 41 | Stress | R > L | WN | 2 | High fHz SNHL | Jaw muscular pressure | 12 |
| T23 | F | 78 | Right meningioma | R > L | High | 3 | High fHz SNHL | Head Jaw muscular pressure | 13 |
Tinnitus severity was evaluated with the Subjective Tinnitus Severity Scale (Halford and Anderson, 1991; Meric and Chery-Croze, 1996); Score >8 indicates moderate tinnitus, Score >12 severe tinnitus. Tinnitus stress was evaluated with the Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire (Wilson et al., 1991; Meric and Chery-Croze, 1997); Scores >30 <60 show moderate distress, Scores >60 show marked distress. Anxiety and depression were evaluated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983); Scores >8 <10 show suspect anxiety or depression, Scores >10 show certain anxiety or depression.